Right, Amazing, about that special animal intelligence, that "ESP." Remember last year that remarkable video -- you should dig it up, actually; or perhaps you have done it already -- about the huskie dog playing with the polar bear, near Churchill, Ontario. Presumably the dog knew that the bear wanted just to play, and so trusted the bear enough to get close and snuggle.

Well Mark, it seems that this story elicits tears from nearly everyone that reads it! Amazing!

I have noticed the attitude of nearly all the animals I encounter on the trail changing. They seem to sense that we are now on the same side.

By taking the chance of letting us see them, they break down human patterns of violence. I swam 20 feet from an otter last summer.